The Greens: calling occupants of interplanetary craft
No one, but no one, will ever forget Bob Brown and his “fellow Earthians” speech. “Why aren’t the intergalactic phones…
Tucker Carlson goes full truther
Heavens to Betsy! It seems that Tucker Carlson has gone full truther. Or, if you prefer, disinformer about the tawdry…
Prime Minister, just how reliable are 30 year climate models?
I am not sure that there are many people over the age of 30 who are wildly rejoicing at the…
Will we all have to take the knee?
If test cricketers such as Quinton de Kok can be compelled to ‘take the knee’ by their employer in order…
Andrew Cuomo deserves more than a single criminal complaint
Ex-governor of New York Andrew Cuomo has been named on a criminal complaint for “forcible touching the sexual or intimate parts for the purpose…
China’s energy crisis
The absence of Xi Jinping from COP26 in Glasgow this weekend should strip away any illusion that China is a…
Did Biden lie about his meeting with the pope?
Pope Francis met with Joe Biden on Friday. It’s always a boost for a world leader to be snapped smiling…
Envy: the deadly sin of radical politics
I’m not so sure about money. Since the start of the twentieth century envy has been the source of all…
COP kicks off with another eco-quandary
At long last, COP26 is finally here. Tomorrow, the world’s largest eco-jamboree will begin in Glasgow, with some 20,000 to…
Why Boris wins
A couple of years ago at The Spectatorsummer party I realised I was standing close to the British prime minister.…
Emmanuel Macron is a clear and present danger to Britain
Once upon a time, the insolence demonstrated by Emmanuel Macron in his fish war with the United Kingdom would have…
Will the Tories cut taxes before the next election?
The Tory party has reached a fork in the road, I say in the Times today. One path involves sticking…
Remembering the Hungarian Uprising, 65 years on
The world gasped 65 years ago this week as Hungarian protesters were mowed down by the secret police, starting a revolution that…
Why did neo-Nazis patrol the German border?
Just after midnight last Sunday, around 50 vigilantes gathered in east Germany to ‘patrol’ the country’s border with Poland. They…
All for nothing
Perhaps a future synonym of ‘net zero’ will be ‘all for nothing’. For surely that is what the last three…
Australian notes
Glasgow: where frail nations go to die I know a thing or two about terminal illness, and it seems to…
